Quality Innovation Prosperity  

Tauno Kekäle,Petri Helo

The tipping point, the decisive point in time in the competition between old and new, is an interesting phenomenon in physics of today. This aspect in technology acceptance is connected to many business decisions such as technology investments, product re... see more

Josef Tošenovský,Filip Tošenovský

Regulation of technological processes has usually the following objective: it tries to find levels of process inputs which lead to a desired process output. Problems occur when such levels are changed when the process is running. In such cases, the levels... see more

Peter Bubeník,Filip Horák

Proposed concept of proactive manufacturing planning uses sets of knowledge to create plan. These sets of knowledge are gained from transformation of historical data of selected indicators. This concept uses the analysis of occurred events, which is done ... see more

Adela Tušanová,Ján Paralic

The paper deals with the decision of small and medium-sized software companies in transition to SaaS model. The goal of the research is to design a comprehensive methodic to support decision making based on actual data of the company itself. Based on a ca... see more

Peter Bober

IT service desk is a complex service that IT service company provides to its customers. This article provides a methodology which uses discrete-event simulation to help IT service management to make decision and to plan service strategy. Simulation model ... see more

Ingela Backstrom,Pernilla Ingelsson,Catrin Johansson

The purpose of this paper is to compare health related values within Quality Management with Key Principles of Communicative Leadership in order to see if Communicative leaders also promote healthy co-workers.  A literature review was conducted withi... see more

Insu Cho,Kiwon Lee,Heejun Park,Myungho Park,Joseph Kichul Kim

This study was conducted to develop a national quality competitiveness index (NQCI), necessary to establish national policy standards for quality improvements. For the NQCI, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the International Institute for Management Dev... see more

Jan Zavadsky,Vladimir Hiadlovsky

Purpose: The performance management system (PMS) is a metasystem over all business processes at the strategic and operational level. Effectiveness of the various management systems depends on many factors. One of them is the consistent definition of ... see more

Tatiana Salimova,Natalya Vatolkina,Vasily Makolov

The purpose of the article is to research the theoretical approaches to strategic partnerships of universities, analyse the current trends of partnership development of universities in the context of sustainable development, discuss the experience of the ... see more

Promporn Wangwacharakul,Martina Berglund,Ulrika Harlin,Per Gullander

Lean principles and methods, originating in a Japanese cultural context, have spread to a large number of companies throughout the world. The aim of this case study research is to identify and compare national cultural aspects that influence Lean Producti... see more